Politics & Government

Brennan's Precinct Has Higher Turnout Than Skibitsky's

Jefferson School continues to draw in crowds.

As of this evening, the home election district of Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Brennan is showing a higher turnout than the home precinct of Republican Mayor Andy Skibitsky.

Brennan's fourth district in the first ward showed 528 voters at the Memorial Library as of 5:45 this evening. Skibitsky's sixth district in the third ward showed 390 voters at Jefferson School at 6:15 this evening.

Jefferson continues to bring in a steady stream of voters all day. Election officials at the school, which is hosting polling locations for three election districts in the third ward and one in the fourth ward said approximately 1600 voters had voted at the school by 6:15 this evening.

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The school's gym showed a packed house with a 15 person line to vote at the fifth district in ward four. The fourth ward is expected to post a heavy turnout this year due to the ultra competitive race between Democratic Councilman Tom Bigosinski and Republican challenger Keith Loughlin. As of 6:15 this evening, 508 people had voted in the district at Jefferson.

An election official at Jefferson said the turnout, which included long lines around 1 p.m., had a brief let up in the late afternoon and then picked back up after 5 p.m. as people started to get out of work. She said the long line at the fourth ward polling place was a constant in the after work voting crowd.

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At the library, as of 5:45 this evening, 282 people had voted in the sixth district of the first ward, the only other district to vote at that location.

In other northside locations, election officials continue to say the turnout continues to remain steady all day. At Franklin School at 5:30 p.m., the three polling spots reported varied totals. In the first ward, third district 276 people had voted by that time. In the first ward, fifth district 377 people had voted and in the first ward, seventh district 179 people had voted.

At Washington School at 6 p.m. the totals were higher than at Franklin. These numbers were surprising because of the lack of a contested Council race in the ward. The higher turnout could bode well for Skibitsky in the heavily GOP ward. As of 6 p.m. in the second district of the second ward 434 people had voted. In the third district of the second ward 277 people had voted. In the sixth district of the second ward 309 people had voted.

An election official at Washington said the steady turnout, which increased as people got out of work was at levels normally seen in presidential elections.

 


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